Oilhammer: easier than the Jetta BRM TB, no motor mount and engine supporting (not they are that difficult). Les steps=less time.
Huh????
The published time for the CKRA timing belt is 4.6
The published time for the BRM timing belt is 3.8
Additional time for the water pump is about the same for both.
The A5's two piece fender liner makes that part MUCH easier than the NCS and NMS. The belt itself is MUCH easier...a belt, a roller, a tensioner.... vs. a belt, THREE rollers, a tensioner, another thing to time and pin (the HPFP), and those three screws. The CR engines also have that lower oil pan shield I take off as to not soak them with coolant when the water pump comes loose.... that takes a few extra minutes, too.
I could probably do 2 BRM belt jobs in the time it takes me to do the CKRA... for sure 2 for the time involved on the CBEA/CJAA due to their silly extra electric fuel pump and all its convoluted nonsense in the way, LOL.
None of them are "hard", though, and none of them require a bunch of other stuff taken loose.... 2001-2005 1.7L Civics come to mind. Have to take the PS pump OFF, the alternator OFF, then the alternator
bracket has to come off, in addition to the valve cover which on those cars is strategically buried under an engine harness and the air cleaner bracket.... and the bracket of course requires the air cleaner and the air inlet noise suppressor (itself a big plastic box taking up the entire area above the transmission) all has to come off. Ridiculous.